English Cset: Greek (Hellenic) Classical Literature 800 - 100 B.c.

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incarnadine

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the blood red color of raw flesh, red in general

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paean

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a formal expression of praise

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Homeric poems

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_The Iliad_
_The Odyssey_

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Homeric or Heroic Age

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-a golden age of splendor when the cultural and religious traditions of the eminent classical Greece began to take form
-Homer did not live during this time period, even though it is named after him.
-also known as the Mycenaean or Late Minoan Age
-approx 1400-1100 B.C.

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Mycenaean or Late Minoan Age

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-a golden age of splendor when the cultural and religious traditions of the eminent classical Greece began to take form
-also known as the Homeric, or Heroic Age
-approx 1400-1100 B.C.

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Mycenae

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the traditional home of Agamemnon

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Crete

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ruled by Agamemnon, this island assumed the political and military status of master of the eastern Mediterranean

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Agamemnon

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-king of Mycenae
-leader of the Greek warriors in Troy
-brother of Menelaus

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Dorian Invasion

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caused the fall of the Homeric/Heroic/Mycenaean/Late Minoan Age around 1100 B.C.

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the Oedipus tragedy

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Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother

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Trojan War

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the famous war fought to rescue Helen, a Greek queen, from her Trojan captors

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arete

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-excellence
-a definite idea of human perfection, an ideal toward which they are constantly educated
-the "quintessence of early aristocratic education"
-has remained with us as an educational ideal ever since
-each man was ranked in accordance with his ability

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aristos

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nobility, "the best"

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kleos

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-glory
-the reason why many Greeks went to Troy; the aristoi compete among themselves "always to be the best and to be superior to others"

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aidos

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a sense of duty

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nemesis

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an affront to aidos

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ergon

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good, hard work

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dike

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justice

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Homer

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poet
Classical Greek Poet
9th century B.C.
the "father of all poetry"
_The Iliad_
_The Odyssey_

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Aristophanes

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dramatist
Classical Greek Dramatist
5th century B.C.
_Lysistrata_

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Sophocles

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dramatist
Classical Greek Dramatist
495-406 B.C.
used dramatic irony with great effect
_Oedipus Tyrannus_ -- considered by many to be the greatest classical Greek tragedy

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Aeschylus

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dramatist
Classical Greek Dramatist
_Agamemnon_

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Euripides

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dramatist
Classical Greek Dramatist
_Medea_

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Plato

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philosopher
Classical Greek Philosopher
428 - 347 B.C.
mentor was Socrates
founded the Academy, an institution that became the model for the Western university
_The Republic_

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Aesop

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author
Classical Greek Author
620-560 B.C.
_Aesop's Fables_